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2. You are an anti-tank soldier 400 meters atop a cliff, and while scanning the canyon below, you spot a well camouflaged enemy tank. The crew is using the tank for cover as they fill their canteens with water at an oasis. At a quick glance of your map, the oasis appears to be 300 meters from the base of the mountain on which you stand. At what angle must you fire your RPG-29 in order to destroy the tank?

 Sep 5, 2015
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We can use the tangent inverse to solve this....so we have

 

tan-1(400/300) = about 53.1°  [ this is the angle of depression]

 

 

cool cool cool

 Sep 5, 2015

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